"Here's to the Memories:

The First Year"

by

Debra Talley

Originally appeared in Our Favorite Things 2

 

Verse 1

Here's to the memories--

The time our eyes first met;

Sweet romantic bets;

The strip tease at the winery--how could I e'er forget?

How lovely it's been!

Here's to the memories--

'The Lovers' escapade;

Married life charades;

Of sleeping on your shoulder while a killer made a raid--

How lovely it's been!

Romantic nights in wine cellars;

And long breathless weekends on islands;

And wild sleepless nights in museums--

What could compare

To times we've shared?

So here's to the memories--

Of crawls through tunnels tight;

Sexy books by Knight;

Of posing on the pier beneath a starry sky at night--

How lovely it's been!

 

Verse 2

Here's to the memories--

Of Peppler's tipsy bride;

Tea at morning-tide;

Of holding hands together on a suicide crane ride--

How lovely it's been!

Here's to the memories--

Of burned gourmet delights;

Dancing through the night;

Of smart ancestral ghosts who like to turn out all the lights--

How lovely it's been!

Finding new uses for honey;

And kissing while buried in money;

Like Powell and Loy in the movies--

Through thick and thin,

How great it's been!

So here's to the memories--

Of lavulite so blue;

Sleeping bags for two;

Of trading six months of my life for one sweet night with you!

Though I've been a wanderer, now I choose to stay with you--

How lovely it's been!

 

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